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Jason Rasmussen, M.D.
Due to my original surgeon deciding to move out of state mid-process, I got switched to Dr. Rasmussen about 3 weeks before my surgery. I was not happy. I was concerned he was too young and inexperienced, and I had done a lot of research on my original doctor.

I had a great consult with him, and was pleased with his fellowship at UC Davis. He is older than he looks. He answered all my questions, was more than willing to discuss bougie sizes, personal failure rates, etc. with me. His manner is very confidence inspiring and I felt he had training and a fair number of sleeves under his belt. So I went forward with him. I am only 5 days post-op, but I have had a super smooth recovery. I had great care in the hospital, he came several times a day, and I had no gas pain afterwards.
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My Story
on September 10, 2012 9:57 am
I have had a majorly screwed-up relationship with food from childhood.  I was put on my first diet by my mom when I was 4, had to drink powdered skim milk and take diet cookies as my snack to Girl Scouts.  I weighed 185 at age 13 and 254 when I graduated from high school.  I ultimately ate my way to 293 pounds.  I have stolen food, eaten food out of the trash, hid my eating from others, lied about money and time to sneak out and buy food.  I joined Overeaters Anonymous when I was 26, found a terrific sponsor and stopped overeating compulsively.  I lost 120 pounds over 2 years, maintained 100 of that for another 5.  I gave up recreational sugar completely, and remained off the sugar until 1995 when I had a major relapse into compulsive eating and stopped going to OA meetings.  I gained all the weight back over a period of 4 or 5 years.  I started back to meetings in 2004, got off the sugar again, and lost 60 pounds.  But I couldn't stay on a food plan that was appropriate to maintain a normal weight.  I was hungry all the time on 1400 calories, which is what I needed to do to lose weight.  I could put together 5 months or so, then find myself at the Chinese buffet and back into the food again.  I decided the only way I could stick to an appropriate food plan and not be hungry all the time was through VSG surgery, and that the restriction could help limit the damage I'd do when I fell off the wagon.  I had the experience of being "struck abstinent" when I started OA, where everything came easily and I did everything more-or-less perfectly.  But I couldn't be perfect all the time, and I couldn't tolerate the imperfection.  So after 1995, I was never able to sustain long-term abstinence and ride out the imperfections (or, falling off the wagon).

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